Rose in a garden

This nice doily can be used as a beautiful "bomboniera" for your special occasions. Directions can seem complicated, but it is a easy doily.

Material : Cebelia # 20, hook 1.15 mm (Boye steel #11) green, pink (or variegated), and some strands of yellow;

Stitches : ch, sl st, sc, hdc, dc, tr, dtr (double triple), trtr (triple treble).

1. 8 sc in lp ; join with sl st in first st, changing to yellow

2. (2 sc) in ea. sc; join with sl st in first st;

3. * sc , 3 ch, sk next st *; Repeat * to * around; join with sl st in first st, changing to pink;

4. (sc, hdc, 2 dc, hdc, sc) in ea. 3-ch sp; join with sl st in first st (8 petals done)

5. * sc on corresp sc in 3rd round, 4 chs passing behind petal *; Repeat * to * around; join with sl st in first st.

6. (sc, hdc, 3 dc, hdc, sc) in ea. 4-ch sp; join with sl st in first st.

7. * sc on corresp sc in 5th rnd, 5 chs passing behind petal *; Repeat * to * around; join with sl st in first st.

8. (sc, hdc, 5 dc, hdc, sc) in ea. 5-ch sp; join with sl st in first st. cut thread.

1. 1 ch, sc in joining st, 8 ch, * sc in center on next petal, 8 ch * ; Repeat * to * around; join with sl st in first st.

2. * tr in sc, 2 ch, (3 tr, 2 ch, 3 tr) in 8-ch sp *; Repeat * to * around; join with sl st in first st.

3. * tr on tr, 3 ch, (tr on tr) 3 times, (3 tr) in 2-ch sp, (tr on tr) 3 times, 3 ch * ; Repeat * to * around ; join with sl st in first st.

4. * (tr, 2 ch, tr) in tr, 2 ch, 3 tr closed tog on next 3 tr, 2 ch, [(2 tr) in next tr] 3 times, 2 ch, 3 tr closed tog on next 3 tr, 2 ch) *; Repeat * to * around; join with sl st in first st.

5. * tr on tr, (tr, 2 ch, tr) in 2-ch sp, tr on tr, 2 ch, tr in next sp, 2 ch (3 tr closed tog on next 3 tr, 2 ch) twice, tr in next sp, 2 ch *; Repeat * to * around; join with sl st in first st.

6. * (tr on tr) twice, tr, 2 ch, tr) in 2-ch sp, (tr on tr) twice, 2 ch, tr on next tr, 2 ch, 3 tr closed tog on next 3 tr, 2 ch, tr on next tr, 2 ch * ; Repeat * to * around; join with sl st in first st.

7 .* (tr on tr) 3 times, (3 tr) in 2-ch sp, (tr on tr) 3 times, 2 ch, tr on next tr ,[(tr, 2 ch, tr) in 2 ch sp] twice, tr in next tr, 2 ch * ; Repeat * to * around; join with sl st in first st.

8. * 3 tr closed tog on next 3 tr, 2 ch, [(2 tr) in next tr] 3 times, 2 ch, 3 tr closed tog on next 3 tr, 3 ch, 2 tr closed tog on next 2 tr, 2 ch, (tr in next tr, 2 ch) twice, 2 tr closed tog on next 2 tr, 3 ch * ; Repeat * to * around; join with sl st in first st.

9. * tr on 3-tr cluster, 2 ch, (3 tr closed tog on next 3 tr, 2 ch) twice, 2 ch, tr on next tr, 4 ch, (3 tr closed tog) in next 2-tr cluster, 4 ch. 2 tr closed tog on next 2 tr, 4 ch, (3 tr closed tog) in next 2-tr cluster, 4 ch * ; Repeat * to * around; join with sl st in first st.

10. * tr on tr, 4 ch, (tr in 3-tr cluster, tr in sp, tr in 3-tr cluster) closed together, 4 ch, tr on tr, 5 ch, (3 tr) in 3-tr cluster, 2 ch, (tr, 2 ch, tr) in 2-tr cluster, 2 ch, (3 tr) in 3-tr cluster, 5 ch * ; Repeat * to * around; join with sl st in first st.

11. * sc in tr, 6 ch, dtr in 3 tr cluster, 6 ch, sc in next tr, 6 ch, tr in next tr, 8 ch, sk next 2 tr, trtr in next tr, 2 ch, trtr in next tr, 8 ch, sk 2 tr , tr in next tr, 6 ch * ; Repeat * to * around; join with sl st in first st; cut thread.